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Tutorials

How To: Use investigative techniques to hold algorithms and artificial intelligence accountable

Editor’s note: This article is from virtual reporting from the livestreamed panel on March 3, 2022. Many tech companies, including Silicon Valley giants, are beginning to grapple with the ethics […]

March 3, 2022August 3, 2022 Sharmila Kuthunur How to, NICAR 2022

Analyzing gender differences in music themes and lyrics

Assembling a searchable interface of Boston police misconduct data

Finding Embedded Tweets in Online News with Python

Exploring climate data using the Python libraries Matplotlib and Pandas

Mapping toxic waste release sites using the Python library GeoPandas

How journalists use the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory to report on environmental justice

Behind the Scenes

The TV Animator: Chris Chmura Breaking Ground in Traditional Video-Storytelling Methods to Grow Audiences

Over the last few years, local television news stations have been finding ways to implement graphics and animation more effectively to tell their stories while trying to engage a younger […]

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Gabriel Cohen and Maaisha Osman Behind the scenes, Reinventing Local TV News

How investigative journalists followed the money in the Pandora Papers

Federica Fragapane on Using Minimalistic Shapes, Lines and Tree Branches to Convey Powerful Stories

Tizianna Alocci

For information designer Tiziana Alocci, it’s all about the process

Of Data, Theater and Healing: The Art of Federica Fragapane

Nadieh Bremer on thinking outside the (x,y) axes

How Kirell Benzi’s data art balances creativity and scientific accuracy

Insights

Storytelling + STEM!: Northeastern’s new Master of Science (M.S.) in Media Innovation & Data Communication

August 3, 2022August 4, 2022 John Wihbey Insights

Federica Fragapane on Using Minimalistic Shapes, Lines and Tree Branches to Convey Powerful Stories

Nadieh Bremer on thinking outside the (x,y) axes

Mapping disinformation and igniting insight with Media Cloud’s Emily Boardman Ndulue

Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: New York University’s Enrico Bertini on the role of uncertainty

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Lauren Thomas Roundups

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The New York Times’ Josh Holder on leading with questions when demonstrating uncertainty

Visualizing Uncertainty in the Time of COVID-19: The Washington Post’s Chiqui Esteban on the Power of Words

Bike-friendly Boston: These five datasets let journalists track the city’s progress

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Longform

Does better news coverage lead to greater voter engagement? The answer: It depends

Meaningful participation in civic life isn’t possible without access to high-quality news and information. Consider the most fundamental aspect of community engagement: voting in local elections. If prospective voters lack […]

October 13, 2021October 21, 2021 Dan Kennedy Longform

Reporters often cover traumatic events but discussions of mental health are rare in most newsrooms. That’s changing.

Journalism schools need to focus on data, local news, social media and business models. Here are some that are.

The future of machine learning in journalism

Journalists improve coverage of memes with careful reporting

How the Palm Beach Post unearthed an opioid conspiracy with roots in Florida

Social media and news: The dilemma of our time

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